Building Job Immunity Using the Multivitamin Strategy: Reimagining Career Pathways and Opportunities for Career Resilience

Today's workers need to be better prepared for change and crisis; the difference now is that they need to be on the offensive by taking an active role in securing their future. The workshop guides learners through a systematic approach to build job immunity and career resilience, specifically through the reimagination of career pathways and opportunities that are based on one's unique work and life skills. This Multivitamin approach is grounded in research on career transformations which integrates the lived experiences of workers from multiple industries, roles and disciplines with lessons from external shocks, technological disruptions and career uncertainties. The workshop will deliver a combination of tools and practitioner insights to help workers open their minds to creative new possibilities and apply them immediately to the respective stages of their careers. Learners will also have the chance to discuss pertinent issues around career transformation and feel supported in their personal journey.

Duration
2 days
9.00AM to 5.00PM

Who Should Attend

Ideal for skilled mid-career professionals from any industry who wish to evaluate their career more deeply, beyond conventional approaches; they may or may not be seeking a career transition in the near future.

Minimum Entry Requirement: Diploma/GCE A Level

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

On completion of this workshop, learners should be able to:

Examine case studies for career and personal insights
Explain the various stages of building job immunity and career resilience
Construct new career pathways and opportunities for themselves using the Multivitamin Strategy for both just-in-time and just-in-case scenarios
Identify steps and resources required to pursue the different career pathways and opportunities they have constructed
Devise an actionable and justifiable plan for their own career transformation

Day 1

Preparing for the Next Phase: Career transformation of skilled mid-careers
Career Interference: Navigating dislocation from external shocks, technological disruptions and career uncertainties using industry and research examples (e.g., MICE dislocation during the pandemic; generative AI and jobs)
Role play using the class examples, including how to deal with stigma and loss of self-esteem
Round up themes using framework
Career Insurance: Understanding opportunities for growth using the industry and research examples above
Create your own multivitamins—adjacent roles
Career Insurance: Understanding digital transformation and its impact using the industry and research examples above
Create your own multivitamins—emergent and entrepreneurial roles
Round up themes using framework

Day 2

Career Investment: Understanding how to strategise and plan using the Pyramid Principle
Class Exercise - Create your own pyramids
Career Transformation: Building network (both supporting and enabling)
Class Exercise - Role play
Round up themes using framework
Class Presentations by Participants
Feedback and Group Learning
Summary of Skills applicable across industries

Assessment

Project Presentation

Course Fees and Funding

Full course fee inclusive of prevailing GST	You pay S$2,180.00
SkillsFuture Course Fee subsidy (70%) For Singapore Citizens < 40 years old For Permanent Residents	You pay S$654.00
Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (90%) For Singapore Citizens ≥ 40 years old	You pay S$254.00
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (90%) For SME - Sponsored employees	You pay S$254.00

The above module fee payable is inclusive of 9% GST.

Instructors

Poon King Wang
Chief Strategy Officer, Strategic Planning
Director of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
SUTD

POON King Wang is the Chief Strategy Officer at SUTD, and concurrently the Director of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD, where he also heads the Smart Cities Lab and the Future Digital Economies and Digital Societies initiative.

King Wang is on the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s Strong Cities 2030 Network, the Future of Work working group of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, and the SkillsFuture Research Advisory Panel . He was also on two national taskforces on the future of adult learning, and on future services in the digital economy.

King Wang’s team's Future of Work research is recognised in Singapore’s National AI Strategy for helping to build a trusted and progressive environment for AI that balances citizens' interests with corporate innovation. His team also collaborated with the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s Personal Data Protection Commission (under the guidance of the Advisory Council of the Ethical Use of AI and Data) to launch A Guide to Job Redesign in the Age of AI, Singapore’s first industry-agnostic guide to help companies manage AI's impact on employees.

Recently, King Wang received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2021 for his contributions.

Policies and Financing Options

SSG Funding Terms and Conditions

Use of Personal Details

In consideration of the subsidy provided by SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (“SSG”) through the SUTD Academy for the Course,

I consent to:

The collection, use and disclosure to relevant third parties of my personal data by the SUTD Academy including but not limited to personal particulars, attendance records, assessment/performance records, for the following purposes:

Reporting of national statistics and conducting of holistic continuing education training research and analysis;
Facilitate the conduct of the relevant surveys and audits in relation to the Course;
General administration of the Course including but not limited to processing of the subsidy provided by SSG;
Publicity and marketing of the Course or other Courses to be provided by SSG or SUTD Academy; and
SSG or its Appointed Auditors or Nominated Representatives to directly contact Course Participant to obtain information deemed necessary for the purposes of conducting effectiveness survey or audits in relation to the Course.

I agree to:

Attend and complete all lectures, class exercises, workshops and assessments;
Complete the Course feedback at the end of the Course;
Complete the post Course survey sent about 3 to 6 months after class attendance; and
Sign up for a personal email account.

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Methods of Payment

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Cancellation & Refund Policy

If a written notification is sent to sutd_academy@sutd.edu.sg within 24 hours after course registration deadline there will be no cancellation charges. A full refund will be made.
No refund is provided if written notification is more than 24 hours after course registration deadline. SUTD Academy reserves the rights to collect the full fee amount from the participant.

Replacement Policy

Companies may replace participants who have signed up for the course by giving a 3-working day notice before the course commencement date to sutd_academy@sutd.edu.sg. Terms and conditions apply.

Registration Policy

Course may be cancelled due to insufficient participants. SUTD Academy will not be responsible or liable in any way for any claims, damages, losses, expenses, costs or liabilities whatsoever (including, without limitation, any direct or indirect damages for loss of profits, business interruption or loss of information) resulting or arising directly or indirectly from any course cancellation.
Course enrolment is based on a first-come, first-served basis.
SUTD Academy reserves the right to change or cancel any course or instructor due to unforeseen circumstances.

Types of Funding

Funding under Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy ("MCES")

MCES is an enhanced Subsidy to encourage mid-career individuals to upskill and reskill, thereby helping them to remain competitive and resilient in the job market. With this, all Singaporeans aged 40 and above will receive higher subsidies of up to 90% course fee subsidy for SSG-funded certifiable courses.
Individuals/employers are not required to submit an application for the MCES. Those pursuing SSG-funded programmes will be charged the appropriate subsidised fees by SUTD Academy if they are eligible MCES. Individuals/employers will only need to pay the nett fee (full course fee after SSG's grant).

For more info, please visit SkillsFuture website at https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/enhancedsubsidy

Funding under Enhanced Training Support for SMEs ("ETSS")

ETSS is an enhanced funding to enable SMEs to send their employees for training.
SMEs will enjoy subsidies of up to 90% of the course fees when they sponsor their employees for SSG-funded certifiable courses.
In addition to higher course fee funding, SMEs can also claim absentee payroll funding of 80% of basic hourly salary at a higher cap of $7.50 per hour. SMEs may apply for the absentee payroll via the SkillsConnect system.
To qualify, SMEs must meet all of the following criteria:
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents

For more info, please visit SSG website at https://www.ssg.gov.sg/programmes-and-initiatives/funding/enhanced-training-support-for-smes1.html

Funding under Union Training Assistance Programme ("UTAP")

UTAP is a training benefit for NTUC members to defray their cost of training. This benefit is to encourage more union members to go for skills upgrading.

NTUC members enjoy 50% unfunded course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP (Union Training Assistance Programme).

For more info, please visit https://e2i.com.sg/individuals/ntuc-education-and-training-fund/.

Funding under Post-Secondary Education Account ("PSEA")

The Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) is part of the Post-Secondary Education Scheme to help pay for the post-secondary education of Singaporeans.

This is part of the Government’s efforts to encourage every Singaporean to complete their post-secondary education. It also underscores the Government’s commitment to support families in investing in the future education of their children and to prepare them for the economy of the future. PSEA is not a bank account.

It is administered by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and is opened automatically for all eligible Singaporeans.

Account holders can use their PSEA funds to pay for their own or their siblings’ approved fees and charges for approved programs conducted by approved institutions.

However, you will have to check your eligibility and balance by contacting MOE first.

Contact MOE at (65) 6260 0777

E-mail to MOE at contact@moe.edu.sg

Click here for MOE website.